duaneiac Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 Another piece of jazz history is set to disappear as Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, where many jazz greats including Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, Woody Herman, and Bobby Hutcherson recorded, announced they will be closing their doors forever come Sept. 15th. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Berkeley-s-famed-Fantasy-Studios-set-to-close-13117196.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 I'ts hard to imagine how many recordings i own that were recorded there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 ..... not to mention the many reissues mastered there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 Not sure how much they have done lately. This is the most recent recording I own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 Oh man. Santana's current keyboardist recorded his newest disc there and I had gotten a promo of a vocalist who had recently cut an album there as well. With Avatar closing later to be bought and used by Berklee, times are indeed changing. Couldn't there be a historical preservation thing like what's being done at RVG's to save Fantasy studios? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 Over the years, the studios hosted artists as varied as Tony Bennett, Aerosmith, Counting Crows, U2, Joan Baez and Sonny Rollins. Interesting pop-culture awareness snapshot there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 40 minutes ago, JSngry said: Interesting pop-culture awareness snapshot there. Apropos, today is Tony Bennett's birthday (b. 1926). It was also the birthday of my favorite wrestler, the late Haystacks Calhoun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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